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Josette Clotis
Josette is a feminine given name. It may refer to: * Josette Abondio (born 1949), Ivorian teacher, writer and playwright * Josette Amouretti (1914–1990), French former tennis player * Josette Altmann Borbón (born 1958), Costa Rican historian, politician and former First Lady of Costa Rica * Josette Banzet (1938–2020), French actress * Josette Biyo (born 1958), Filipino educator and former executive director of the Philippine Science High School System * Josette Bournet (1905–1962), French painter and ceramicist * Josette Bruce (1920–1996), French novelist * Josette Bynum (born 1977), American former professional wrestler and promoter * Josette Campo (born 1971), better known as Sylvia Sanchez, Filipina actress * Josette Day (1914–1978), French film actress * Josette Daydé (1923–1995), French jazz singer, chansonnière and actress * Josette Durrieu (born 1937), French politician * Josette Frank (1893–1989), American children's literature expert and education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Abondio
Josette Desclercs Abondio or Josette Abondio (born 1949) is an Ivory Coast, Ivorian teacher, writer and playwright. Early life and education Josette Desclercs Abondio was born in 1949 in the Ivory Coast and her first language is French. She discovered books in her childhood and became an avid reader. Abondio worked as a secondary school teacherJosette Abondio University of Western Australia, Retrieved 7 April 2016 and trainer in technical expression. Literary career In 1993, she wrote ''Kouassi Koko...ma mère'', which is a novel about a concubine following the death of her patron. Her next major work in 1999 was an illustrated book for children titled ''Le rêve de Kimi''.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Frank
Josette Frank (March 27, 1893 – September 9, 1989) was an American children's literature expert and educational consultant. Frank spent most of her adult life working for the Child Study Association of America (CSAA), a leading authority on child development from the 1920s to the 1960s. Frank was engaged as the CSAA's child reading expert and published a parental literary guide titled ''What Books For Children?'' in 1937, with a new edition in 1941. Due to her progressive views about parental supervision of children's reading, Frank became one of the significant pro-comics voices during the American anti-comics movement of the 1950s, for which she received praise and criticism. Early life Frank was born on March 27, 1893, in Manhattan, New York City, into a family of secular Jews. Her father, Leo, owned a successful furniture business. As a young girl, she was involved in early feminism and the Women's Land Army. She got her first job when she was 19, working as a secretar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Nearne
Jacqueline Nearne MBE (27 May 1916 – 15 August 1982), code named Jacqueline and Josette, was an agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied by Nazi Germany and other Axis powers. SOE agents in France allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England. Nearne was a courier with the Stationer network operating mostly in the Clermont-Ferrand area. She worked in France for the unusually long time of 14 months and returned safely to England. Early life Born 27 May 1916 in Brighton, England, Nearne was the elder daughter of an English father and a Spanish mother. She moved with her family to France in 1923. At the age of 18, she began work in southern France as a commercial travelling representative for an office equipment company. France was defeated and occupied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Vidal
Josette Vidal (born 25 March 1993) is a Venezuelan television actress. She is most recognized for her portrayal of Melibea Fuentes Cordero, on the Televen drama telenovela '' Nacer contigo''. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidal, Josette 1993 births Actresses from Caracas Living people Venezuelan television actresses Venezuelan telenovela actresses Venezuelan stage actresses 21st-century Venezuelan actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Vieau Juneau
Josette Juneau (née Josette Roy Le Vieux dit Vieau; April 16, 1803 – November 19, 1855) was a mixed Indigenous and Settler "founding mother" of Milwaukee, known for her charitable work. Early life Josette Viaux was born on April 16, 1803, in Fort Howard to Jacques Vieau, a French Canadian fur trader for the North West Company, and Angelique Roy, a Menominee woman and relative of Potawatomi Indian leaders Ahkanepoway (her maternal grandfather) and Anaugesa. She was the eldest daughter of twelve children. Vieau spent much of her childhood at her father's fur-trading post in Milwaukee. A Catholic, she served at the St. Francis Xavier Mission near Green Bay, Wisconsin. She was multilingual, fluent and literate in French, and fluent in Menominee, Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Winnebago. Marriage and life in Milwaukee In 1820, Vieau married one of her father's employees, Solomon Juneau. She worked at the fur post due to the many languages she spoke, and managed it in her husba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Simon
Josette Patricia Simon, OBE (born 1959 or 1960) is a British actor who played the part of Dayna Mellanby in the third and fourth series of the television sci-fi series ''Blake's 7'' from 1980 to 1981. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and performed as a 14-year-old in the choir for the world premiere of the finalised ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''. She has continued a career in stage productions, appearing in 50 Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions, from the single press night performance as a featured character in ''Salvation Now'' at the Warehouse theatre in 1982, through to playing Cleopatra in a six-month run of ''Antony and Cleopatra'' at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 2017. The first black woman in an RSC play when she appeared in ''Salvation Now'', Simon has been at the forefront of colour-blind casting, playing roles traditionally taken by white actors, including Maggie, a character who is thought to be based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Sheeran
Ambassador Josette Sheeran (born 12 June) is a decorated diplomat, humanitarian, entrepreneur and technology leader. She served in the United States Department of State as Under Secretary of State for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice covering Economic Growth, Energy, Technology, Agriculture and the Environment, with the rank of Ambassador. She served as Ambassador and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative under President George Bush, covering all Asia, Africa and Intellectual Property, Technology and Agriculture from 2001-2005. She currently serves as founder and CEO of Firefly Global Group, a geopolitical and business consulting firm, supporting founders and accelerating new technologies which enhance national and human security. Sheeran served as the seventh president and CEO of Asia Society from 2013 to 2020. Sheeran was also the United Nations's Special Envoy for Haiti, successfully leading efforts to end a devastating cholera epidemic there. Sheeran is former Vice Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Pons
Josette Pons (born 12 December 1947) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Var department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o .... She was elected deputy on 16 June 2002 of the 12th Legislature of the Fifth French Republic (2002–2007). The legislative elections of 10 June 2007 and 17 June 2012 renewed her appointment. In November 2016 French fiscal regulators responsible for combatting elected official corruption found her guilty of underestimating her wealth and income by over 2 million euros in her 2014 tax returns. As a result, she was fined 45,000 euros and was heavily criticized in French media. References 1947 births Living people Union for a Popular Movement politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Mondanaro
Josette Marie Mondanaro (May 21, 1945 – December 25, 2002) was an American physician. As an expert on addiction, she served as head of the Division of Substance Abuse, part of the California Department of Health, during the Jerry Brown administration in the mid-1970s. Early life and education Mondanaro was born in New York City and raised in Blue Point, New York, the daughter of Anthony Mondanaro and Alice Celentano Mondanaro. Her father was a butcher, and her mother worked in a department store. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1967, with a bachelor's degree in zoology, and gained her medical training at Upstate Medical College in 1971. She completed a residency at Children's Hospital of San Francisco. Career In 1976, Mondanaro was appointed head of the Division of Substance Abuse in the California Department of Health. Despite strong performance, she was fired from this position in late 1977, when she used explicit language in a personal letter written on official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Manin
Josette Manin (born 16 March 1950, Le Lamentin) is a French politician on the island of Martinique. She was the last President of the General Council of Martinique, from 31 March 2011 to 31 December 2015, and was the representative of Martinique's 1st constituency in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. She was the first woman to be elected President of the General Council and as a deputy for Martinique in the French National Assembly. In March 2022, she announced that she would not seek re-election in the 2022 French legislative election. Career In 1983, Manin joined the Martinican Communist Party and became a militant under Georges Gratiant. She began her political career the same year, being elected as a municipal councilor in Le Lamentin. When she was reelected in 1995, she joined Pierre-Jean Samot, then the mayor of Le Lamentin, in the ''Lamentin Horizon 2001 - développement, solidarité, justice'' project. Three years later, she left the Communist Party and joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Hébert-Coëffin
Josette Hébert-Coëffin (16 December 1906 Rouen – 3 June 1973 Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French sculptor, Medalist, medallist and a recipient of a 1937 Guggenheim Fellowship. Early life and education Hébert-Coëffin was born on 16 December 1906 in Rouen, France. She studied at the École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen under the direction of Victorien Lelong and earned first prize in sculpture and architecture at age 16 in 1922. She was later a student of Robert Wlérick and Charles Despiau in Paris. She later studied under Richard Dufour and worked in Alphonse Guilloux's studio. Career In 1927, Hébert-Coëffin exhibited two busts, ''Beethoven'' and ''Resignation'', at the Salon des artistes francais. In 1937, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship''Journal de Rouen'', 25 October 1937. and created models for the manufacture nationale de Sèvres. She also won gold medals at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, 1937 World's Fair a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josette Durrieu
Josette Durrieu (born 20 March 1937) is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. She represents the Hautes-Pyrénées department and is a member of the Socialist Party. In the Senate, Durrieu serves as vice-chairwoman of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Moldavian Parliamentary Friendship Group. She is also a member of the Cour de Justice de la République. In addition to her work in the Senate, Durrieu served as member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1992 until 2017. In this capacity, she was a member of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy; the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee); the Sub-Committee on relations with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Bank for Reconstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
